The Official Dragon Ball/Z/GT/Kai/Super Thread

Dragon Ball Super is over. What did you think of it?

  • Loved it

    Votes: 2 66.7%

  • Liked it

    Votes: 1 33.3%

  • Indifferent

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Disliked it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Hated it

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    3
I thought there were a few missed opportunities for jokes here and there...

  • They could have made this a pseudo-Christmas special by having Paragus dressed as Santa when he arrives on Earth and presenting the new planet as Vegeta's Christmas present.
  • When Goku asks what kind of a person names a planet after themselves, Trunks could have answered "my grandfather" and that'd lead Goku to wonder why he'd never heard about this "Planet Briefs" before.
  • When Broly asks about Goku's power level, Goku could have tried to remember the last time it was officially measured and settled on Vegeta's mistaken reading of 1006.
 
I'm going to be watching Dragonball Super's english dub as it progresses. Already saw the first episode.

Though I remember hearing that alot of the beginning of Super is mainly recaps of the two newest movies (Battle of Gods and Resurrection F). While I at least don't remember Goku farming or recieving money from Hercule during that movie. When does Super starts it's own unique stuff?

I know I'm going to be really behind since I know Japan is like already nearly to Episode 50 with English subs. But I much prefer watching with the English voices I'm familiar with. I love Dragonball but I don't think I can watch it without the main voice cast I'm generally used to (AKA Sean Schemmel's Goku, Christopher Sabat's Vegeta/Piccolo/misc., etc.)
 
Super is actually through Episode 73.

The first 27 or so episodes are retellings of the two new movies, with some extra filler and story alterations. I won't spoil it but some fun shenanigans ensue in the Resurrection F saga. Unfortunately they really just end up being rehashes of the movies with worse animation.

First episode of the dub was good and faithful. Goten and Chi-Chi sounded a little off. The replacement for Kid Trunks was near identical and sounded good. Looking forward to hearing Chris Ayres' Freeza again. Easily on par with Ryūsei Nakao's performance. I am cautious moving forward regarding Black and Zamasu. Their Japanese voices were flawless and I'm afraid the dub voices won't hold up. Especially considering Black's voice in Xenoverse 2 was pretty underwhelming.
 
They released the full Broly movie but THEY MESSED UP

They made Roshi leave early, forcing them to animate a completely new ending to replace the official one where Roshi bulks up, puts on his Arale mask, and singlehandedly finishes off Broly.
 
So they released a small teaser for the Universe Survival Arc...

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Can someone tell me what the FUCK I'm looking at?!

How? Why? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!
 
They'll probably have their own take on at least the first Broly movie, with certain elements of it fine-tuned for continuity's/storytelling's sake like Goku being SS Full Power throughout the whole thing and Broly being defeated in a more satisfying way like, say, a combination of the spirit bomb and comet camori or Roshi at maximum power in his Arale mask or Yajirobe just cutting him in half like he did with every non-regenerating villain.

It also might give us an interesting look at what kind of person a Legendary Super Saiyan would be if not for traumatizing factors like their home planet's destruction or a baby crying for three hours.
 
New poll because I want to foster discussion. What is your preferred way to experience Dragon Ball? I'm curious how fans here do so. I wish I had more experience with the manga but I have not read it in full.

As far as anime goes, it's tough to say. If it's dubbed, then I feel it has to be Kai. The original Z dub is unbearable. Rife with significantly out of character dialogue and changes to characters, some pretty poor acting at times, and non-stop, unfitting techno music. And awful Granny Freeza. Kai fixes all of these by being true to the source material and removing a lot of filler. Everyone is much more in character and the new voice actors, notably Freeza and Bulma, are leagues ahead of the original dub.

I initially didn't watch the show in Japanese, but Super has given me a new love for the OG cast. Goku, Freeza, Vegeta, and Cell are the biggest stand outs for me. If I'm watching subbed, I don't mind if it's original or Kai. They make even the slow paced original show bearable where it dragged for me before. Not to mention the Kikuchi score, which is wonderful.

I would kill for a Kai recut of the OG Dragon Ball (Pre-Z). Watching that with an improved English cast and less filler would be wonderful.

Let me know what you guys enjoy.

EDIT: Is there a way to change the poll to allow multiple votes? Or am I just dumb and not seeing the button?
 
GalacticPetey said:
So they released a small teaser for the Universe Survival Arc...

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rFUrw.jpg

Can someone tell me what the FUCK I'm looking at?!

How? Why? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!
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Oh man! Ohhhh man! This is going to be great!

A sizable portion of Broly fans are into the character because to them he's this big, monumental fortress of testosterone and manliness. They're going to have an absolute meltdown now that he's a woman, lol.

Also: Hey, first female super saiyan.
 
for me, it's always the original Z dub. yeah, it's kinda bad, but the nostalgia factor overrides it for me; so many memories of watching it on toonami as a kid

...well, and abridged
 
I prefer Original Dub. Sorry if I come off as too much into nostalgia but while there are certainly some real awkward moments in acting especially early on in the Namek saga. But many of my favorite lines come from the original dub that weren't present in Kai. And I still enjoy Bruce Faulconer's soundtrack for the series.

And quite frankly there's some filler that I don't mind. I don't like how in the Manga and Kai we see nothing of Gohan's year of survival in the wild. Where we did get to see that through some filler in the original. And while not as big of a deal, there are some funny filler episodes like the one Goku and Piccolo go to driver's training. I just feel some of the filler allowed for some more slice-of-life stuff for some of the characters. Were while it is good to get straight to the action with how Kai shortens things. I'm not saying there's no unneeded filler. Whenever I want to start watching DBZ again I don't normally decide to watch say the Garlic Jr. saga for example unless for some reason I planned on rewatching the entire series without skipping any episode whatsoever (Which is ludicrous)

When I do go back to watch DBZ it's usually to rewatch the Android/Cell Sagas since that's my favorite part of DBZ hands down.

Though on another note. I have not seen all episodes of (original with Kid Goku and such) Dragonball or Dragonball GT. I might end up doing that soon though at least for Dragonball, since a local library system can allow me to rent some of the season. As for the latter, I kno